Why This Woman Is Laughing That Her Vagina ‘Tried To Kill’ Her

Comedian Amy Vreeke is one of the approximately 176 million women worldwide living with endometriosis. Like many of those women, she spent years suffering through bowel problems, intense period pain and discomfort during sex ― all while being misdiagnosed.

In 2015, Lena Dunham ― or rather, her book Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s ‘Learned’ ― came into the picture.

“I was reading her book and there’s a chapter in it where she talks about endometriosis, how it feels to have it and her experience with it,” Vreeke told HuffPost. “That’s what made me realize I had it. It was a strange moment where I was like, ‘Oh, my God. This is me. It’s describing how I feel for the first time.’ I told my doctors I thought that’s what it was and they did a few tests. A few months later I had a laparoscopy, where they remove cells that are not supposed to be there.” 

Endometriosis is a condition of the female reproductive system that affects 1 in 10 women worldwide, but takes on average 10 years to diagnose, according to the Endometriosis Foundation of America. Symptoms, such as the ones Vreeke experienced, vary greatly between individuals.


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